Mee, Loggers hold off Wolfpack; Glacier boys cruise

by The Daily Inter Lake
| December 16, 2009 2:00 AM

LIBBY — Jackie Mee scored a game-high 25 points and Jaime Gilden added 14 as the Libby Loggers held off Glacier 55-44 in a nonconference girls basketball game on Tuesday.

Mee, a 6-foot-1 senior all-state standout who scored 41 points against Anaconda last weekend, went six of seven from the free throw line and had three 3-pointers against the Wolfpack.

Libby (2-1) fought off a third-quarter rally by Glacier and went into the fourth quarter with a 44-36 lead. From there, the Loggers held the Wolfpack (1-3) to eight points and finished 10-of-17 overall from the free throw line.

“We battled with them very well, and down the stretch we got a little lead and then we kind of extended it a little bit,” Libby head coach Jim May said.

Glacier senior Brooke Watkins made five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points and junior Rachel Cutler chipped in nine points.

Logan Best and Alysha Martin each added five points for Libby.

“Tonight we executed a little better,” May said. “Hopefully if we can continue to improve and play good competition like Glacier, it will bode well for us down the stretch.”

Libby heads to Flathead on Saturday for a 6 p.m. nonconference game. Glacier hosts Great Falls at 3:45 p.m. on Friday.

Glacier 9 16 11 8 — 44

Libby 11 18 15 11 — 55

GLACIER (1-3) — Rachel Cutler 3 2-2 9, Sydney Sharaf 2 0-0 4, Baylee Quay 2 0-2 4, Brooke Watkins 7 0-0 19, Ashlee Waggener 2 4-11, 8, McKell Bennett 0 0-0 0, Paige Latimer 0 0-0 0, Nicole Heaverlind 0 0-0 0, Patty Hughes 0 0-0 0, Cami Mathison 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 6-15 44.

LIBBY (2-1) — LaRona Luscher 3 0-0 6, Jenny Johnson 0 0-0 0, Alysha Martin 2 1-2 5, Jaime Gilden 6 2-5 14, Logan Best 2 1-3 5, Myka Forster 0 0-0 0, Jackie Mee 8 6-7 25, Hannah Sullivan 0 0-0 0, Totals 21 10-17 55.

3-point goals — Glacier 6 (Watkins 5, Cutler), Libby 3 (Mee 3); Team fouls — Glacier 14, Libby 14; Fouled out — None

Boys

Glacier 65, Libby 24

LIBBY — Junior Bryan Chery made five 3-pointers en route to 16 points, Colter Hanson added 10 and the Glacier boys cruised past a scatter-shot Libby squad in nonconference basketball.

Glacier (3-1) came alive in the second quarter after leading 8-6 and built a 15-point lead by halftime. The Wolfpack had 10 players score in the game and forced 20 Libby turnovers.

“Glacier’s pressure got to us a little bit,” Libby head coach Wally Winslow said. “We hung tough early on but they got going and it definitely got away from us in the second half.”

Shay Smithwick-Hann made three 3-pointers and finished with 11 points.

Colton Cannon had six points for Libby (1-2), who shot 17-percent from the field.

The Wolfpack heads to Great Falls on Friday. Libby plays at Flathead on Saturday at 8 p.m.

Glacier 8 18 17 22 — 65

Libby 6 5 7 6 — 24

GLACIER (3-1) — Bryan Chery 5 1-2 16, Ian Cavigli 1 0-2 2, Grahm Schmaltz 0 0-0 0, Freddie Blodnick 2 4-4 8, Colter Hanson 3 3-4 10, Shay Smithwick-Hann 4 0-0 11, Logan Quay 2 0-1 4, Trey Griffith 3 0-0 7, Wiley Fusaro 0 3-4 3, Brandon Doty 1 0-0 3, Mario Venturini 0 1-2 1, Ryan Edwards 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 12-18 65.

LIBBY (1-2) — TJ Benson 0 1-2 1, Cree Maloney 1 0-0 2, Kelly May 0 1-2 1, Matt Nelson 0 0-1 0, Garrett Craig 1 2-4 5, Colton Cannon 2 2-2 6, Nate Broden 2 0-1 4, Alex Cislo 2 0-3 4, James Hare 0 1-2 1. Totals 7-17 24.

3-point goals — Glacier 11 (Chery 5, Smithwick-Hann 3, Hansen, Griffith, Doty), Libby 1 (Craig); Team fouls — Glacier 21, Libby 10; Fouled out — None